Official response from Lancaster Customhouse officers (Foxcroft and Smethurst) to enquiries about trade and smuggling from the Isle of Man. Reports minimal direct trade from Lancaster to Mann, notes vessels bound for Africa call at the island for India goods imported from Holland, and directs enquiries to Liverpool and Whitehaven ports as better sources of intelligence on Manx trade. Directly relevant to understanding smuggling networks and inter-port communication before the 1765 Revestment.